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Victoria Drouhet, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1972;123(4):368-373.

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The discovery by Blumberg et al in 1967 of the association between Australia (Au) antigen and viral hepatitis¹ introduced a serological test of value in diagnosis. It now seems certain that this antigen is more specifically associated with serum hepatitis, as Prince² demonstrated in 1968 and Giles et al³ in 1969. Moreover, the transmission of serum hepatitis by the oral route has been confirmed by the experiments of Krugman and Giles⁴ in 1970. We studied sporadic cases of viral hepatitis in hospitalized children and adults and observed cases in closed communities (a preventorium and two sanatoriums), where the long stay facilitated epidemiological study.

Materials and Methods

We examined sera from 315 hospitalized patients (210 children, 105 adults). Although the main focus of the study was viral hepatitis, in order to obtain specimens of sera at the onset of the disease, we obtained specimens in all cases of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Paris

From SESEP, Department of Virology, International Children's Center, Paris.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to SESEP, Department of Virology, International Children's Center, Bois de Boulogne, 75-Paris 16, France (Dr. Drouhet).

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